#137 The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack featuring a remix of 'I Belong To You'

#150 Dark Hope - Renée Fleming featuring single 'Endlessly'

By comparison, five various Glee soundtrack albums featuring songs written by rock band Journey and Madonna and many other artists and four Michael Jackson albums also appeared on this particular Billboard album chart.

Dark Hope also debuted on the UK Official Albums Chart Top 100 chart at #92 in June 2010, the only album by this celebrated American opera singer to make this tally.

'Uprising' was just certified Platinum (50,000 units) by FIMI eight years after release. It is the second Muse single after 'Madness' to reach this sales threshold. Five other Muse songs have been certified Gold (25,000) in that market. Seven Muse albums have also been awarded certifications there:

Muse have played 46 gigs in the following 15 cities in Italy during their career selling over 300,000 concert tickets at clubs, arenas, 3 stadiums, several festivals, and a couple of TV and radio shows:

The Resistance - #11 Peak and 20 weeks on the album chart - Over 50,000 soldBlack Holes and Revelations - #11 Peak and 11 weeks on the album chart - Certified Gold by RIAJ - Over 50,000 soldThe 2nd Law - #5 Peak and 21 weeks on the album chartDrones - #5 Peak and 14 weeks on the album chartHAARP - #19 Peak and 8 weeks on the album chartAbsolutionOrigin of SymmetryLive at Rome Olympic Stadium - #34 and 8 weeks on the album chartShowbizHullabaloo

Top 20 Most Viewed Tracks on YouTube (Ranked by Google Artist Insights) from September 2014 to October 2017 - Over 15 Million Total Artist Views

'Telstar' by The Tornados hit #1 on the UK Official Singles Top 100 chart dated 10 October 1962 and spent five weeks on top and a total of 25 weeks on this tally - George Bellamy turned 21 on October 8 that week - It also spent a total of 16 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart peaking at #1 on the chart dated 22 December 1962.

18 Years Ago:

Showbiz by Muse bowed at #69 on the UK Official Albums Top 100 chart dated 16 October 1999 and spent a total of 46 weeks on this tally - 'Uno' the first single from the album debuted at #73 on the UK Official Singles Top 100 chart dated 26 June 1999 - Matt Bellamy turned 21 that year.

Showbiz also bowed at #66 on the France Album Chart chart dated 18 September 1999 and spent 10 weeks in the Top 100 and 50 weeks in the Top 200 from 1999-2015.

Showbiz has sold an estimated 350,000 copies in France compared to 500,000 in the UK and over 50,000 in the USA.

Showbiz also charted in the Top 100 in the Netherlands for 18 weeks, in Belgium-Flanders for 11 weeks, in Belgium-Wallonia for 7 weeks, in Ireland for 5 weeks, in Australia for 3 weeks, in Finland for 3 weeks, in Norway for 1 week and in Italy for 1 week.

'Back in Black' (AC/DC from 1980) with Nic Cester on vocals at BDO/Australia and San Siro/Milan in 2010 and with Brian Johnson at Glastonbury/UK in 2017 (7 plays)

'Can't Take My Eyes Off You' (Crewe/Gaudio sung by Frankie Valli in 1967) performed live in 2002 in London and in Japan in 2002, 2010 and 2013 (5 plays) - Muse studio version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMeBAltloqo

'Sign O' The Times' (Prince in 1987) performed live in 2012 in Paris and London and at Staples Center/Los Angeles in 2013 (3 plays)

'Lithium' (Cobain/Nirvana in 1991) performed live in Brazil and California in 2014 (2 plays)

'Where The Streets Have No Name' (Bono/U2 in 1987) live with The Edge at Glastonbury in 2010 (1 play)

'America' (Bernstein for West Side Story in 1957) instrumental at Giants Stadium/New Jersey in 2009 (1 play)

'Lies' (CHVRCHES in 2013) performed live in London in 2015 (1 play)

*'Hyper Music/Feeling Good' peaked at #24 and spent 3 weeks on the UK Official Singles Top 100 chart in 2001 and 'Feeling Good (Live)' peaked at #54 in 2011 and spent 9 weeks on the UK Singles chart from 2008-2011. 'Feeling Good' by Muse was certified Silver (200,000 units) in the UK by BPI in 2013. Incidentally, Nina Simone and Michael Bublé have also both charted in the UK singles tally with their covers of 'Feeling Good' peaking at #40 in 1994 and #69 in 2010, respectively, and have each also been certified Silver by BPI in 2014 and 2016.

In France, 'Feeling Good' debuted at #139 and spent one on the Top 200 Singles Sales chart in 2012 and most recently has spent four weeks on the French singles chart from August-October 2017 peaking at #69.

Congrats to Coldplay whose AHFOD stadium/arena global tour (2016-17) with almost 5.4 million tickets sold at the end of 2017 will likely end up becoming the third highest-grossing concert tour of all time earning approx $523 million dollars in total trailing only U2's 360° tour (2009-11) and The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang tour (2005-07).

Guns N' Roses' Not in This Lifetime reunion tour (2016-18) however has been extended and will probably overtake Coldplay's tour in 2018 grossing around $540 million in total.

Garth Brooks' North America arena tour (2015-17) with 380 shows and approx 6.5 million tickets sold will trail only U2 on the all-time concert attendance list for a single tour.

RIP Fats Domino - Legendary Rock and Roll Pioneer who inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, The Beach Boys, Elvis Presley and many more

Incidentally, the latest Muse track Dig Down has reached about 27 million views and listens on these two services.

What Do Rights-Holders Earn From Streaming (According to Billboard Estimates):

"YouTube says payouts averaged $0.0030 per stream in the U.S., or $3.00 for every thousand U.S. plays in 2016; some label sources agree they have earned about that much during the fourth quarter and for top-viewed clips, but calculate the average rate per stream for official music videos and user-generated content over the course of the year to have been between $2.00 to $2.50 per 1,000 streams. Other record companies said they were only receiving $1.00 to $1.50 per 1,000 plays, resulting in a consensus YouTube rate of $0.00225 per stream, or $2.25 per 1,000. Spotify's ad-supported tier, by comparison, paid $1.50 per 1,000 streams, or $0.0015-per-stream, in the U.S. in 2016, sources say, while its subscription tier paid about $0.0060 per-stream, or $6 per 1,000 streams, according to Spotify data supplied to Billboard. Other digital services like Amazon, Apple, Napster and Tidal have per-stream pay rates north of Spotify's paid tier, sources say."

'Psycho' just certified Gold (25,000 sales/streaming) in Italy by FIMI. It is the first track from Drones to be certified in any country.

2017 BOX OFFICE UPDATE:

Live Nation has now reported total ticket sales receipts of $7.7 million and attendance of over 164,000 fans for fourteen of the outdoor venue shows held this summer featuring Muse and special guests Thirty Seconds to Mars and opener PVRIS. Average ticket price of around $46 and just under 12,000 concert-goers per show.